A question to the void. Are you entitled to get the source history of open source projects? Lots of Open Source licences give the consumer of software the right to a copy of the source code. For ex…

It turns out their COVID numbers are incredibly good even independently of the fact that they seem to be avoiding the recent spike in cases that lockdown nations are experiencing.

Moreover, there are differences in the criteria for counting COVID-19 deaths which cast a very different light on some of the comparisons being made. //

Every time the government discovers that someone who had the virus has died, that person is registered as a COVID-19 death if it happened within 30 days of the diagnosis. //

Even in a culturally and geographically similar country like Norway—celebrated for its low death rate—they do things differently. The Norwegians only count something as a COVID-19 death if a doctor concludes that someone was killed by the disease and decides to report it to the country’s public health authority.

There’s a general lesson here. The data we’re getting is pretty much all garbage considered on its own and is worse than garbage when used for comparative purposes. //

The head of the Nowegian version of America’s CDC has made a startling admission:

“Our assessment now….is that we could possibly have achieved the same effects and avoided some of the unfortunate impacts by not locking down, but by instead keeping open but with infection control measures,”

The retirement of British Airways' fleet of 747s has triggered a bout of nostalgia from its fans. //

The retirement of BA's 747 fleet has led to a bout of nostalgia from staff and plane fanatics keen for souvenirs.

Earlier this month, BA announced it was permanently grounding its fleet of 31 747s amid the coronavirus-led slump in travel demand.

Some of these iconic planes will end up at a salvage firm at Cotswold Airport.

Air Salvage International's owner Mark Gregory says he is getting a stream of inquiries from people keen to grab a piece of aviation history. //

The 747-400, which is the model BA is phasing out, first began flying in 1988.

Boeing sold almost 700 of the 747-400s, making them the best-selling version of the long-range airliner. Now that most are more than 20 years old, they are gradually being retired.

The Gospel of Grace sufficiently covers it all, but the media feels differently

Proposed new emergency preparedness rules would allow nuclear plants closer to where people live. Companies say the plants are safer, but they need the rule changes for a viable business model.

Two studies put a proven malaria drug back in the news as a possible therapeutic in fighting the coronavirus . //

A great deal of evidence says it doesn’t work, but enough evidence says hydroxychloroquine does work that it would be irresponsible to write it off completely at this time, especially in combination with other drugs. In fact, researchers around the world are conducting hundreds of trials with hydroxychloroquine. //

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back in mid January why did France change the status of Hydroxychloroquin from over the counter to prescription?

"There are views I really disagree with on Fox." //

James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, resigned from the board of News Corp, the publishing arm of daddy’s media empire on Friday, citing “disagreement over certain editorial material.”

Translation: Rupert’s left-wing son can’t handle “fair and balanced” news that isn’t all left-wing, all the time.

News Corp is the parent company of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, and is one of two media companies owned by the Murdoch family. The second company, Fox Corporation, owns Fox News, Fox Business and the Fox television network.

During a 2019 interview with The New Yorker, Murdoch was clear about his disdain for Fox News news.

“There are views I really disagree with on Fox,” he said, presumably referring the views of on-air personalities such as Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Jessies Watters, Lou Dobbs, and others. James’s older brother, Lachlan, 49, has run Fox Corporation since 2018.